Tech giant Apple is bringing new programs and services to the table. Time to Read Up Through a livestream hosted by CEO Tim Cook, audiences were introduced to Apple News+, an extension of the already popular Apple News. Apple News+ will bring over 300 magazines to users, covering topics like entertainment, news, politics and travel. Users will receive personalized news feeds based on their previous reading habits. Among the app’s primary offerings are the live covers that will feature moving images and the “today tab,” which offers all the latest and most recent articles for users to examine. Apple News+

In March 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied the first ever bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal. Since then, many bitcoin ETF applications have been filed by nearly ten companies, and many of them have been rejected by the SEC for similar reasons. This week, in a presentation to the SEC, Bitwise revealed that the overwhelming majority of the trading volume in the bitcoin exchange market is fake and that a substantially large portion of the global bitcoin volume comes from the United States. Ironically, the fake volume plague in the cryptocurrency exchange market may increase the probability

Bitcoin, to many, is the digital equivalent of gold – one of the world’s first ever currencies, means of exchange, and stores of value. According to crypto bull Mike Novogratz, one day, Bitcoin’s market cap will surpass that of gold’s. After the lofty prediction was made, crypto analysts took to Bitcoin price charts hoping to…

On Monday, the independently syndicated radio broadcast Free Talk Live (FTL) announced that the organization, along with a group of businesses and FTL listeners, had raised $45,000 in cryptocurrencies to construct an orphanage in Uganda. The initiative also raised another $35,000 in crypto to purchase the land for the orphanage within the small African village. […]

The Dow and broader U.S. stock market extended their slide Monday after an inverted yield curve stoked fears of an impending recession for the world’s largest economy. Dow Extends Slide; S&P 500, Nasdaq Follow All of Wall Street’s major indexes continued lower at the start of the week, reflecting a tepid pre-market session for Dow futures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined by as much as 128 points before paring losses later in the session. The index was last down 62 points, or 0.2%, to 25,440.08. The broad S&P 500 Index of large-cap stocks declined 0.4% to close at 2,790.73.